"I love it when people say we're not tough enough," said offensive coordinator Scott Frost, "because it motivates our kids."

But while Fisher may laugh it off, Byron Marshall takes it personally.

"I mean, I don't know where ya'll are getting your facts from," the junior running back said. "We go out there and we play with the best of teams. All this talk from 'Oh they're not physical, they're a finesse team' - I mean we're fast and we're spread out, but we can play with anybody. Yeah, I don't know where ya'll are coming up this."

"It's just something that people resort to when we lose, something they pick at," freshman running back Royce Freeman said. "Trying to say we're a finesse team, things like that - ultimately I don't think that of our team at all."